Book

For my final last semester, I created a book that told the story of my parents. Some of it was fact and other parts were fiction. Using the paintings I did, I incorporated them within the book as illustrations and a graphic novel formed. Here are a few shots of the actual book and also the prologue of the book. Hope you enjoy.

Prologue

I don't get it. Why do you have this attachment to

dad? Why do you feel like you have this attachment to

dad even after thirteen years of divorce, and even

longer, maybe even twenty years of separation?

Well I think maybe we are meant for each other.

(Laughs)

You think you're meant for each other?

Maybe.

Still?

I don't know. I have no idea.

Long Overdue

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything and I totally forgot to show the final printable versions of my recent paintings. I wish I had time to do more and complete the story but it looks like that will have to wait. In the mean time, I hope these are good enough for now.

At First Sight

Acrylic paint on wood

Diameter: 18.5"

Flowers

Acrylic paint on wood

Diameter: 20"

Young and Foolish

Acrylic paint on wood

Diameter: 21.5"

3 of 7 (1st Chapter: The Rise)

I have finally finished the 3rd piece! This guy took me forever... but I'm happy with the result and I personally think I made my dad too good looking but it still looks like him, weirdly enough. I was planning on making 7 and I hopefully get to one day but for now, it's just these three.

So here's the concept behind these paintings. The characters found in these paintings are my parents. They got divorced when I was 10 and separated when I was even younger. Now before I go into a sad, poor me, story, I wanted to note that I love both my parents to death. They both annoy the shit out of me at times but whose doesn't? They definitely did the best they could with raising me and my sister and I think they did a pretty good job considering everything. Growing up, I never really saw them as a loving married couple. They were always fighting over various things but mainly money and that was just the way things went. For this project, I wanted to do a story that reflected their relationship. I was told the story of how they met and how they got married but never the nitty gritty of it and I figured that it was about time to delve a little deeper than just the obvious. I created my own romantic story of how their relationship blossomed with some non-fiction and some made-up scenarios from my own biased liking. From the non-fiction, here are the facts:

My father fell in love with my mother the moment he saw her. Their first date was at the movies. After a handful of dates, my father went back to Hong Kong and they wrote each other love letters for about 6 months. Then my father proposed and my mother gladly accepted.

More to come soon (hopefully)! For now, I hope you enjoy.

2 of 7

The second piece is finally finished. This one took me forever to be honest. White paint is tough! Still haven't found a proper title for this guy yet but there will be more to come along with the concept. Thanks for looking :)

New Project (untitled for now)

Fortunately I am still alive and well. I haven't been as productive as I would like to be in terms of making art and design but hopefully with this new project that I'm working on, things will change. This is just the first of seven paintings that I'm going to be completing. More information about the actual concept and project later. For now, enjoy :)

Polaroids '11

Just some Polaroids I took recently in Oakville. More to come eventually :)

Secret Garden

Polaroid

Other Sides

Polaroid

Chimes

Polaroid

Caged

Polaroid

2011

It has been a very long time since I posted anything and I apologize for leaving this for so long. But I haven't been slacking. Hopefully it'll show for itself soon enough but until then here are a few updates. I am currently in the midst of redesigning and improving my official website and creating a new line of office decorations/paperweight pieces that I've designed. In more recent news, the City of Burlington Bike Rack displays have been officially fabricated and will be installed sometime in the near future. I was very fortunate to have been a part of this public art competition and even more fortunate to be so involved. I had the privilege of meeting the mayor of Burlington along with Kim Selman and Jeremy Freiburger, the public art managers for the city of Burlington. I'd like to thank my very good friend Adam Snowball once again and to all who helped make this opportunity happen.